Capital Markets

CAC releases updated draft cybersecurity review measures to cover overseas listings; HKEX to launch T+2 settlement platform in Q4 2022 at the earliest; and Guangdong outlines data sharing plans for GBA

Enterprise income tax treatment of cross-border hybrid investments is clarified.

Beilei Hou and Zi Ling of King & Wood Mallesons look at the emerging carbon emissions trading scheme in China, and consider the outlook for market access to foreign investors

First high-profile cybersecurity reviews indicate that overseas-listed Chinese tech firms are prime targets for new cybersecurity regime

Cybersecurity review office investigates U.S.-listed Chinese tech giant Didi and others; CSRC updates disclosure rules for listed companies, strengthens ESG provisions; and Shenzhen legislature completes second reading of country's first intelligent vehicle rules

Parties may be banned from participating in securities markets

Shanghai energy exchange releases details of carbon emissions trading; first options products open to foreign investors begin trading in Shanghai, Dalian; and PBOC orders major banks and payment services institutions to clamp down on OTC crypto merchants

The new emissions allowance system allows for the offset of voluntary emissions.

A risk warning system is in place for carbon trading